Portion of young Frond, under side.
GYMNOGRAMMA CiKEROPIIYLLA.
Desvaux. Sm ith . H ooker and G revil le.
Swartz. P r esl.
P L A T E v m .
Gymnogramma ch(£rophyllum, K a u l f u s s .
“ min o r . L i n k .
Gymnogramme chosrophylla, K u n z e .
Anogramma chosrophylla. L i n k .
Anogramme chcerophylla, F e e .
llem io n itis chcerophylla, P o i e e t .
Grammitis scandicina, W i l l d e n o w .
Gymnogramma—N ak e d writing. Ch<Brophylla—Chervil-leaved.
A i .t h o t jg h the present species is placed amongst the Gym-
nogrammas, on account of the manner of fructification being so
v ery similar to th a t trib e , y e t in general appearance it differs
A'cry materially from the plants already described, having the
delicate fragile semblance of the Cystopteris family. In habit,
this species approaches nearest to the Gymnogramma leptophylla,
b u t it exceeds it considerably in size, and in the number of
fronds which it hears at one time.
This F e rn is a native of the IVest Indies, Brazil, Paraguay,
Jamaica, Montc-Video, and various parts of South America.